English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: It’s about time
Meaning: Used to express impatience at the eventual occurrence of something that should have occurred a long time ago.
Example: It’s about time that women should be considered equal to men in this country.
English Idioms About “Men and women”
Idiom: A woman of few words
Meaning: (Also a man of few words) a woman who doesn’t speak much. A woman of action
Example: She is a woman of few words, but she always gets things done.
English Idioms About “Religion”
Idiom: Poverty is no sin
Meaning: The phrase poverty is no sin means that we shouldn’t condemn people for their poverty.
Example: It is a pity that the police are chasing those beggars. Poverty is no sin.
English Idioms About “Life”
Idiom: Between life and death
Meaning: This phrase is used to refer to a situation where both living and dying are possible.
Example: After his terrible accident, he was for a long time between life and death.
English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: Possession is nine points of the law
Meaning: Possession is nine points of the lawis a phrase used to suggest that if you really possess something, you will easily claim its ownership than someone who just says it belongs to him or her. The phrase comes from the early English property system, where the right to possession of property was endorsed by the king in the form of nine traditional writs. These writs evolved into the nine original laws defining property ownership, hence the expression “possession is nine points in the law.”
Example: The jacket you are wearing is presumed to be yours, unless someone can prove that it is not. Possession is nine points of the law.
English Idioms About “War”
Idiom: Cross swords
Meaning: To quarrel or argue with someone; to have a dispute with someone.
Example: The boss didn’t want to cross swords with the workers’ union.
English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Moment of truth
Meaning: A deciding instant; the time when a test determines or makes it apparent whether something will succeed.
Example: This is the moment of truth, answer the questions of the test.